Google says it has suspended the app for the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo after malware was found in versions of the app. The move comes just weeks after Chinese...
Read moreTwo U.S. Men Charged in 2022 Hacking of DEA Portal
March 15 2023Two U.S. men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) online portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. Both are alleged...
Read moreSued by Meta, Freenom Halts Domain Registrations
March 7 2023The domain name registrar Freenom, whose free domain names have long been a draw for spammers and phishers, has stopped allowing new domain name registrations. The move comes just...
Read moreHackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022
February 28 2023Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 separate incidents throughout 2022, new data suggests. In each case, the goal...
Read moreWhen Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches
February 27 2023Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and...
Read moreWho’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?
February 24 2023A security firm has discovered that a five-year-old crafty botnet known as Mylobot appears to be powering a residential proxy service called BHProxies, which offers paying customers the ability...
Read moreWho’s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies?
February 24 2023A security firm has discovered that a five-year-old crafty botnet known as Mylobot appears to be powering a residential proxy service called BHProxies, which offers paying customers the ability...
Read moreExperian Glitch Exposing Credit Files Lasted 47 Days
January 25 2023On Dec. 23, 2022, KrebsOnSecurity alerted big-three consumer credit reporting bureau Experian that identity thieves had worked out how to bypass its security and access any consumer's full credit...
Read moreIdentity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking...
Read moreFBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked
December 13 2022InfraGard, a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships with the private sector, this week saw its...
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